1、That Louis Vuitton bag costs me an arm and a leg. 如果在如果在LV买个包包要砍下自己的胳膊和腿,那买个包包要砍下自己的胳膊和腿,那 这个社会就太可怕了这个社会就太可怕了!其实,在英语中,如果说其实,在英语中,如果说 到某个东西要到某个东西要cost an arm and a leg,它表达的是,它表达的是 某个东西非常某个东西非常expensive。 The final exam is coming, I might need to go to the library and hit the books. 你要去图书馆打书?!就算期末考再可怕也
2、不能把 焦虑发泄在书本上啊.如果你正这么想,那么你 就误解这个习语的意思了。其实,hit the books 指 的是study,所以例句说的意思是:期末考试就要来 了,我可能也该去图书馆看看书学习一下了。 Do you think you can ever win the lottery? Yes. When pigs fly. 大家见过猪在天上飞吗? 从来没有吧? 其实,这个短语说的就是 基本不可能发生的事。 He dresses in plain clothes and drives an old car. Who would know he is the richest man in
3、town? You cant judge a book by its cover. 大家曾经有没有因为一本书的封面 好看而买书?但是在英文中,judge a book by its cover 却和书没有 太大关系,它的意思是“以貌取 人”。 美国俚语,字面意思“有个大嘴 巴”,引申为“大声说话,随便 乱说,说话冒失,多嘴”,尤其 指谈论他人私事。 He has a big mouth. Dont tell him anything you dont want everybody else to know. They are all at sixes and sevens about what
4、 to do next. 不和,意见不一不和,意见不一 Our accountant has been fired as there was some monkey business with the books. 会计师对账单做了手脚,已经会计师对账单做了手脚,已经 遭到解雇。遭到解雇。 monkey business:silly behavior; stupid or time-wasting activity 愚蠢行为或欺骗行为;毫无意 义或浪费时间的举动 Dont be surprised that he doesnt want to take over fathers busines
5、s, hes always been the black sheep of the family. an undesirable member of a group, a disliked person, somebody who causes shame or embarrassment due to deviation Black sheep 害群之马 Huawei is on the ropes. From midnight on September 14th. Chinese technology giant will be cut off from essential supplie
6、s of semiconductors. (必要的半导体供应 )Without chips (芯片)it cannot make the smartphones or mobile-network gear (设备)on which its business depends. 华为的处境岌岌可危岌岌可危。从9月 14日午夜开始。中国科技巨头 将被切断必要的半导体供应。 没有,它就无法生产其业务所 依赖的智能手机或移动网络设 备。 apple of ones eye 掌上明珠, 心肝宝贝 人们不仅用apple表示“苹 果”,还用它来代表“眼 睛的瞳孔”。眼睛是人体 最重要的器官之一,而瞳 孔是眼
7、睛最重要的部分, 所以用来代表最受珍爱之 物。 His daughter is the apple of his eye. 1. I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days. 2. Thus, from ancient times, people developed many activities to escape the heat of Dog Days. 3. The dog days will arrive soon . Wed better install an air conditioner. 天狼星天狼星the dog star 总是在总是在 太阳升起前出现,人们认太阳升起前出现,人们认 为是太阳星给太阳增加了为是太阳星给太阳增加了 热量,于是把这段时期成热量,于是把这段时期成 为为 dog star days, 后来简化后来简化 成成dog days. dog days 三伏天,大热天三伏天,大热天